喜闻乐见

xǐ wén lè jiàn

loved by the public; what people like to see and hear

Character by character

喜xǐ
glad

闻wén
hear

乐lè
happy

见jiàn
see

剪纸、相声这些民间艺术，至今仍是老百姓喜闻乐见的形式。

Folk arts such as paper-cutting and crosstalk are still forms that ordinary people love.

Tone: positive (praise).

Usually 群众／老百姓喜闻乐见的 + 形式／节目／作品, a favourite of cultural reports. Online it is often ironic: the joke word 喜大普奔 (6-7) begins with it.

Learn this in Lesson 217 · HSK 9+: 台词里的中国 (Lines from the screen)

A dialogue, a reading, word cards with audio and a drill that uses it, in Learn Chinese with Bao. The first lessons of every level are free.